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Sets an the Venn Diagram

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore the characteristics of sets and Venn Diagrams. Given data, students practice determining the placement of elements in a Venn Diagram. Students discuss the correspondence between data sets and their graphical...
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Stem-and- Leaf Plots

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduce to the notion of stem-and-leaf plots. They use stem-and-leaf plots to calculate the mean, median, and mode of a set of data. Students use computers to learn about stem-and-leaf plots.
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Box Plots

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students review the concept of median, explore how to calculate quartiles for any size data set and experience how to build a box plot.
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Dynamite Data

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders rotate through a variety of stations designed to offer practice in manipulating data. They sort, tally and count items and then create bar graphs, tables, and pie graphs to record their findings.
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Mathematical Models with Applications: The Sounds of Music

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students use an electronic data-collection device to model the sound produced by a guitar string. They identify the graph of a periodic situation and use the graph to determine the period and frequency of sound waves.
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Populations Lab - Exponential Graphing

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders investigate the application of populations that exists in one's everyday environment, in order to develop an understanding of how mathematics is a key component in the understanding of population dynamics.
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The Bell Curve

For Teachers All
Students are introduced to the normal distribution and examine the bell curve controversy.
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Leap Frog Experiment

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders ask questions and design an experiment to explore different spinners in "The Leap Frog" board game. They conduct their experiment, collect information and interpret the results using a graph.
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A Bar of Many Colors

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use colored candies to collect data, construct double bar graphs, and find averages.
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The Ice Cream Shop

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read books about ice cream and plan an ice cream sundae party for the class. They research ingredients and determine how much the party cost each student. They hold a mock opening for an ice cream store and have their party.
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Graph It

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students create a spreadsheet and graph using Open House attendance data.
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What on Earth is Greater Than?

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students compare things that are greater than, less than, or equal to, compare the Earth to other planets, and list planets from greatest size to smallest size.
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Chapter 6: The Human Population: Demographics

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students read the indicated text and complete several suggested labs and activities. They answer critical thinking questions. This lesson is very hard to do without the indicated text.
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Expected Outcome (Probability)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice and determine expected values of experiments as well as distributions of experiments. They find the area of rectangles and circles and determine elementary probabilities. Probability exercises begin with quarters and...
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The Dog Days of Data

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students practice an alternative form of data presentation. They practice sequencing data, identifying the stem-and-leaf, creating stem-and-leaf plots, and drawing inferences from the data by viewing the plots.
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Quartiles and Box-and-Whisker Plots

For Students 8th - 10th
In this algebra worksheet, students identify the central tendencies as they solve a box and whisker plot graph. They identify the quartiles of the data. There are 4 questions with an answer key.
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Paper Parachutes

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students participate in a simulation of a parachute-jump competition by making paper parachutes and then dropping them towards a target on the floor. They measure the distance from the point where the paper parachute lands compared to...
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Stem-and-Leaf Plots

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students are introduced to stem-and-leaf plots and calculating the mean, median, and mode from the plots.
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Succeeding at Kite Day

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders design a successful kite for Kite Day.
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We Are Having a Party! Part I

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use data analysis skills in order to plan a class party. They graph possible times for the party noting the range for times. They discuss how mathematicians find and use the range to analyze data.
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Smile Metric Style

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students measure the length of student smiles and then record, order and graph their results.
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SMILE METRIC STYLE

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students accurately use a metric ruler to measure length. They find a sum of multiple metric measurements.
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What's Your Favorite Stuffed Animal?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders gather information in a survey and interpret the results using a tally chart, a table, and a bar graph. They' present their results of the during the final group discussion. The subject of the survey is favorite stuffed...
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Smile Metric Style

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students practice working with the metric system. Students use a metric ruler to measure and record lengths of group member's smiles, and graph their results. Students find the sum of all the smiles.